According to officials in the White House, Donald Trump may take away work permits and driver’s licenses from over 800,000 young immigrants who came to the United States as children and currently have no immigration status. As you probably remember, President Obama created a federal program called Deferred Action...
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America’s Voice Key Observers: Gen. Kelly is More Enabler of Trump’s Radicalism than Sensible Voice of Reason Stand With Undocumented Youth and Join Our “Dreamer Dinners” Campaign “America’s Toughest Sheriff” is Now a Convicted Criminal Llueve sobre mojado en inmigración Top News Buzzfeed John Kelly Leaves DHS As A...
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Today, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced the American Hope Act of 2017, a bill that would protect Dreamers from deportation by putting them on the path to permanent legal status and eventually citizenship. The bill has 117 co-sponsors, which was said to be the greatest number of Congressional supporters...
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Donald Trump spoke about MS-13 today in Long Island, following in the footsteps of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has also recently used the specter of gang violence in New York to bolster his hardline agenda. Trump’s speech today promoted police brutality, claimed that immigration has led to “drugs,...
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America’s Voice Frank Sharry Reacts To John Kelly Selection For Chief of Staff Going for Broke: After a Week of Dismal Failures, Trump Administration and Cohorts Try to Change Subject By Lashing Out At Immigrants Former Acting ICE Director John Sandweg & Immigration Experts Provide Insight Into Immigration Policy...
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions hates immigrants, so it’s been no surprise that he also hates so-called “sanctuary cities” — places that allow immigrants to live in peace as long as they don’t commit any crimes. Sessions and the Trump Administration have tried to implement an executive order against sanctuary...
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America’s Voice In House and Senate, Momentum Building to Protect DACA and Dreamers A Dangerous Week for America as Trump Spews Venom in W. Va and Ohio; Long Island is Next Sen. Brown, 41 Other Senators Write Letter Urging Trump to Protect DACA; Still No Word From Sen. Portman...
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America’s Voice “This is Not Normal”: Frank Sharry Reacts to President Trump’s Disturbing Speech in Youngstown, OH One Week After Jesus Lara Deportation, Trump Heads to Youngstown & Calls Immigrants “Animals” Who “Slice and Dice” Americans “Esto no es normal”: Frank Sharry reacciona al alarmante discurso de Trump en...
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Last week, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the Dream Act 2017, legislation that is intended to be a roadmap to legal permanent status and citizenship fro Dreamers. Advocates and immigrants hailed the legislation — but one person who expressed opposition was DHS Secretary John Kelly,...
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Here’s a basic question we often come across: why can’t undocumented immigrants just “get in line”, “get legal”, “get right with the law” — i.e. obtain the legalization and citizenship that would allow them to become full-fledged Americans and protect them from deportation? The short answer is: they can’t....
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